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Nancy Downs ([personal profile] theweirdos) wrote in [personal profile] takestime 2025-04-23 03:49 am (UTC)

1. Vengeance is definitely a driving force for Nancy. She's faced a fair amount of abuse of varying stripes over the years, and while it's not her only motivation, being able to strike back against the people who hurt her and the world in general is definitely one of them.
2. She's killed two people, and while the first was a mixture of vengeance for a pattern of abusive behaviour and protecting her mother from assault in the moment, the second was straight up revenge-driven fury, complete with toying with her prey first. She also tormented and tried to kill a friend over a perceived betrayal (perceived being the operative word here). The first two acts fed into her escalating aggression and risky behaviour, culminating in the third, which occurred just before she was pulled onto the Barge.
3. There was probably some desire for revenge influencing how Sarah struck back at Nancy during their confrontation, but it's more an act of opportunity during what was largely self-defense than premeditated revenge. Other than that, nothing.
4. Nope!
5. From your description of the powers, it sounds like Kahl wouldn't get the full details anyway, but I'd like the perceived betrayal mentioned above to remain nebulous. It's something she'll need to confront in her journey, but it's a piece that will fit in better later.

Also, separately, in terms of general god vision,

6. Nancy's human, but she's been imbued with the power of a vast nature spirit. It's explicitly both light and dark in canon, and while Nancy resonates more with the darker/more destructive aspects, that's very because of who she is at the time she takes in and starts to use that power.

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